“Lift up your staff, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, that the people of Israel may go through the sea on dry ground.” Exodus 14:16 When God appoints a person to a kingdom task, He provides them with the power to accomplish it. But what happens when we insist on passing […]
The Lord said to him, “Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute? Who gives them sight or makes them blind? Is it not I, the Lord?” Exodus 4:11 NIV One of my sons struggled a bit with a few of God’s choices for him. The way he put it, “I […]
Jesus replied, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.” Luke 18:27 We serve a magnificent, all-powerful God. Nothing is too difficult for Him. Things that loom beyond our human realm of possibility become quite possible when the Almighty enters the scene. Unfortunately, most of us don’t live as though that’s true. We tend […]
“I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.” John 6:51 We spend a lot of time talking about the Bread of Life. But very few of us […]
Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity! It is like the precious oil on the head, running down on the beard, on the beard of Aaron, running down on the collar of his robes! Psalm 133:1-2 Few things thrill the heart of God like seeing His beloved children come together in […]
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. John 1:5 Sometimes that scripture seems impossible to believe, doesn’t it? Moments come when the darkness seems so thick you find it difficult to breathe. Your deceiving heart insists it will suffocate you. And yet your lungs fill again. But with every […]
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Galatians 6:9 Are you the kind of person that likes immediate results? I am. I’ll admit I’m not a very patient person by nature. Waiting frustrates me. Just ask my kids. […]
Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup; you make my lot secure. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance. Psalm 16:5-6 NIV A delightful inheritance awaits you in Jesus Christ. Whether you believe it yet or not, God has wonderful plans for you. He […]
“Let this Messiah, this king of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe.” Those crucified with him also heaped insults on him. Mark 15:32 At times I have difficulty grasping the depths of God’s love. While His own people spit at Him and mocked Him, Jesus silently bore the […]
In my distress I called upon the Lord; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears. Psalm 18:6 It’s the unexpected things that send us reeling. Extraordinary circumstances that reach into an ordinary day and make it anything but. Like when […]
